Let's Wing It...
So after a very long hiatus I have decided to try to get back into blogging. I know that you guys were wondering where I have been and waited on baited breath to hear my next DIY project...right?! Well, so many changes have happened in the last year. I picked up a part time job along with my full time job. My baby is a teenager and extremely busy and probably the most life changing news this year was my dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma. He went through brain surgery, gamma knife radiation and 2 rounds of treatments. He will be starting his next round of treatment next week. We are very prayerful that this round will be the last and that his tumors will vanish...
So over the past year I have done sooooo many DYI projects and soooo many changes to my house. I'm still glad that I can write about them since my husband hasn't killed me yet. So hopefully (I'm crossing my fingers) that I will be able to keep this going for a while and keep you guys in on a little snippet of my life.
Okay on to the project...Don't you want to add this to your bedroom...
I really wanted to change up my bedroom and make a little bit of a dramatic look without breaking the bank. I decided that it was finally time to add a headboard to our bed. It was definitely missing something for a very long time. Again, I wanted something dramatic, something really refined and elegant so to speak. I've seen many different headboards on pinterest and I always came back to the tufted headboard. I absolutely love the look of the tufted headboard. There is just something about it...
So I started my search on pinterest, of course, to find a DYI tufted headboard that wasn't going to be too hard for the undertaking. I found two that I really loved. I decided to morif these two together. The first one I loved because the tufting was so simple and the second I loved because of the "wings". Wings and Tufting...you can't go wrong!
So here is how i accomplished my Winged Tufted Headboard...
You will need the following...
1 piece of 1/4 in. plywood - 4ft x 5ft (queen size)
2 yards of 1 in. foam/batting
2 yards of 1/2 in. foam/batting
3 yards of upholstery fabric/duck cloth
staple gun
1/4 wood screws
#10 washers
1/4 washers
glue gun
drill
2x4x8 piece of lumber
flat brackets
I was actually really lucky and I found a piece of 4x5 plywood in my shed. I think that it was totally meant to be for my headboard. If you don't have a piece laying around in your shed, you can get a piece at either lowes or home depot. I've always had great luck at HD with cutting my wood for me. The hard part with that size wood is that it isn't easily transported in a small car like mine. So I was really excited when I found this piece in my shed.
Next you will need to purchase some foam and fabric for your headboard. I went to Joanns and got these supplies. I waited until their duck cloth was on sale for 60% off. Joanns does this every so often so keep a look out for this. I was ever so happy with the duck cloth. It only comes in solid colors but it was exactly what I was going for. You can do regular upholstery fabric but sometimes this can get quite pricey. You will also want to pick up your foam at Joanns as well, at least this is what I did. Again, you will want to look out for their sales. I got mine while it was 50% off. That is the best way to go. You can purchase foam or if your like me, you can purchase batting, which was a lot cheaper. Foam is soooo expensive. I purchased both 1 in and 1/2 in. and I felt that the combination was sufficient.
Okay, now to the construction part. First, I laid out the plywood and got my hot glue gun ready. I glued the heck out of the plywood and then carefully placed the batting. I then glued the batting and placed the other batting on top of that. Don't worry too much about the edges right now. You don't want to cut them off just yet.
Next, you will need to place the fabric on top of the batting. You need to be precise at this point. Before you start with the staple gun and stapling the fabric you will need to start with the tufting. I used the following blog for the instructions. She had a great tutorial and I found that this worked the best for me.
You will want to measure out where you want your tufts to go etc. I did only 3 rows with 4-5-4. To me that looked the best, plus it was easy. 
Just a word of caution, if you plan do to this on your nice laminate floor, make sure that you have something underneath that beautiful floor or you might end up drilling holes in your floor by accident...I wouldn't know anything about that one...UGH!!!!
Now you will need to use your staple gun. I actually love using this thing so it was kinda of fun for me. You will need to flip your plywood over and start at the middle of one of the sides and start stapling away. You will probably need to staple once every 6 inches or so. Once you get near the corners you will need to stop and start again on the next side. I recommend waiting to do the corners last. You want a nice clean edge so to speak, kinda of like wrapping a Christmas present. The nice thing working with the staple gun, is you can always take the staple out and try again especially if your edge/corner doesn't look the way you want it to. Also, while you are folding the fabric over, you will be able to fold the batting at the same time. You want this tight so that you can get the best tufts possible.
Once that is completed you can purchase a handy dandy button kit for the areas that were "tufted" or feel free to purchase some cute buttons. Whatever works best. I used the button kit and then hot glued them on. It was very easy. I got the button kit at Hobby Lobby.
Next is when I added the wings. I feel that really set the headboard. I first added batting to the 2x4s and then added the fabric. I used this great blog to figure out how to wrap the fabric around the 2x4. You want to make sure that the tops look good and I folded it over a few times to finally get the look that I was going for. Sarah Dorsey had a great tutorial about adding the wings...
Once the wings were upholstered, then I added to the actually headboard. I made this quite simple. I just used some brackets and screwed them in. I added 2 to each side.
Once that is done, then you are done!! You end up with a beauty like this...
I am totally in love!!! Thanks for reviewing and let me know if you have any questions.
Kim
